Well, this ended up being a real short story! With a happy ending! George is already adopted! My son had some friends over, and one of them said they had been wanting a cat since one of theirs died leaving the other lonely and depressed, so he called his mom who came over, loved George, understood his history and background, was okay with the fact that he had probably never been to a vet, answered all the questions right, even uses my vet! I think George helped his case by talking to her like a Siamese and headbutting her the whole time she was here! An unexpected resolution! Of course, I'll always worry about Shadow.........